Nehemiah 2:4 – Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. One of the highlights of my week is being … Read more
Nehemiah 2:12 – Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. In this section of Nehemiah’s journal, we learn two … Read more
Nehemiah 2:8 – …the good hand of my God was upon me. When my wife Grace and I first got married, we quickly realized that we approached problem solving very differently. She would spend a lot of time praying so that she was unburdened, filled with faith, and trusting God to take care of us. … Read more
James 4:13-14a – Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. I recently heard a story that also reminds me of an episode of The Office about … Read more
James 4:15 – Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” A few years ago, our family (which includes my wife and best friend Grace and our five kids) was looking into the idea of possibly moving out of state and starting a new adventure as a … Read more
James 4:14b – For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. We all have a sequence of events in our head of how we think our lives will go and through every phase of that sequence, we’re oftentimes dreaming and planning for the next phase without stopping to enjoy the … Read more
James 4:14 – yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. In the Bible, faith, hope, and love often appear together. Faith says that we must live with hope for the future because of God’s love for … Read more
James 4:14 – yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. A book I once read that is written for business leaders includes a very insightful illustration. As I remember it, two men are standing on a … Read more